Legal Opinion
Colton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 17, 2014No. S14A0703PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Presiding Justice.
This is a second appeal by convicted murderer Tyus Colton following a ruling by the trial court, upon remand, that his confession which was in evidence at his trial was voluntary. For the reasons that *173follow, we affirm such judgment by the trial court as well as Colton’s judgments of conviction.
A. Procedural History
A jury found Colton guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery in connection with the 2002 beating death of Shannon Blount, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. In a prior direct appeal to this Court from his…
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